Monday, March 25, 2013

This is one of those songs that is ostensibly about a girl but the object of desire is grammatically masculine. I couldn't translate it as such

Abdel Halim Hafez - Why are You Blaming Me?

Why are you blaming me, why are you blaming me?If you saw how beautiful her eyes areYou would say my preoccupation and sleeplessnessAre not too much for her, so why are you blaming me?

Captive of the beloveds, ones my heart is meltingI am trapped in the scent of her silky hairWhich lightly touches her cheeks and then returns to floating in the airYet people are blaming me, so what can I do my heart?Why do they want to deprive me of her, my heart?Why are you blaming me?

Since the day her love touched my heartShe opened the door to desire to play with me

She is my beloved and my destinyAnd she is the light of my heart and eyesAnd she is my youth and my companionShe is my all my relatives and all my belovedAnd people are blaming me so what can I do my heart?Why do they want to deprive me of her my heart?Why are you blaming me?